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  • What's the best way to prevent damaging your PC with static electricity?


  • Options
  • A. place your PC on a rubber mat
  • B. wear leather soled shoes
  • C. periodically touch a safe ground point on the PC to discharge yourself
  • D. static electricity doesn't really hurt a PC
  • E. wear an ESD wrist strap

  • Correct Answer
  • wear an ESD wrist strap 


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    • 1. On the 16-bit ISA bus, IRQ2 is elevated to which higher level interrupt?

    • Options
    • A. 9
    • B. 11
    • C. 13
    • D. 15
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. To test for AC ripple on a PC power supply, you would set the volt/ohm meter for:

    • Options
    • A. DC voltage scale
    • B. AC voltage
    • C. OHM scale
    • D. Farad scale
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. A modem could be attached to which port?

    • Options
    • A. Parallel port
    • B. ASYNC port
    • C. Keyboard connector
    • D. Video port
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?

    • Options
    • A. regular backups
    • B. periodically defrag it
    • C. run chkdsk at least once a week
    • D. run scandisk at least once a week
    • E. run a regular diagnostic
    • Discuss
    • 5. During boot-up, the memory test:

    • Options
    • A. Is a superfluous step that should be ignored
    • B. Checks and verifies that contiguous memory is installed
    • C. Is an operational error
    • D. Displays what memory is installed, but nothing else
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which component must be vacuumed or replaced during preventative maintenance on a laser printer?

    • Options
    • A. Scanning mirror
    • B. Toner cartridge
    • C. Ozone filter
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. When connecting two internal SCSI hard disks to a computer, where do you connect the second hard drive?

    • Options
    • A. Any open SCSI port on the computer
    • B. A Serial port on the first host adapter
    • C. An open parallel port on the computer
    • D. An open SCSI port on the first hard drive
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Match the device driver HIMEM.SYS to its operation.

    • Options
    • A. Supports (ANSI) terminal emulation
    • B. Manages the use of extended memory
    • C. Uses expanded memory on a 80386 processor
    • D. Supports code page switching
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. How many devices can be used on a single SCSI bus? Keep in mind that the SCSI host adapter counts as a device.

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 8
    • C. 20
    • D. 10
    • E. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following would be a logical first step in troubleshooting a PC?

    • Options
    • A. Check the computer CMOS
    • B. Define the circumstances of the problem
    • C. Call the vendor
    • D. Define what applications are being used
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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